assignment_returnWorksheet: The Question Session
Standard(s): RL.3.1

Read the following story and answer the question that follows.

There once was a deer who had spent all year growing beautiful antlers. Every time he passed a lake where he could see himself, he stopped to admire them. They were so large, so wide, so wonderful. In fact, they were the only part of his body that he really liked. He worried most about his legs, which were so thin, so delicate, so weak-looking.

One day, the startled deer found himself face to face with a hungry wolf, and he had to run for his life. His thin delicate legs carried him quickly through the forest. But when the brush got heavy, his large, wide antlers caught in the branches and the wolf got him.

What can we learn from this story?

An astronomer used to go out every night to observe stars. He would often be seen with a telescope in one hand and a notebook in the other. One evening, while he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he accidentally fell into a deep uncovered well. He cried out loudly for help. As he waited there to be rescued, he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises. His neighbor was passing by and happened to hear his wailing and lamenting. He quickly helped him out of the well. After he came to know how the accident happened, this is what he said to the astronomer. “Hark you old fellow, why in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?

What detail in the passage supports the idea that the astronomer was hurt badly?

Camels are bumpy,
Their backs are all lumpy,
Giraffes are long- legged and meek:
Bears are so growly,
Hyenas are howly,
Dolphins are slippery and sleek.

Kangaroos have a pocket,
But no way to lock it,
Their babies can look out and peep,
But monkeys are funny
I wish I had money,
Enough to buy one and keep.

Anonymous.

Choose the correct word to fill in place of the question mark.

An astronomer used to go out every night to observe stars. He would often be seen with a telescope in one hand and a notebook in the other. One evening, while he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he accidentally fell into a deep uncovered well. He cried out loudly for help. As he waited there to be rescued, he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises. His neighbor was passing by and happened to hear his wailing and lamenting. He quickly helped him out of the well. After he came to know how the accident happened, this is what he said to the astronomer. “Hark you old fellow, why in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?

What details in the above passage show that this story is about an astronomer?

I quarreled with my brother
I don’t know what about
One thing led to another
And somehow we fell out
The start of it was slight
The end of it was strong,
He said he was right,
I knew he was wrong!

We hated one another.
The afternoon turned black.
Then suddenly my brother
Thumped me on the back,
And said, “Oh, come along!
We can’t go on all night-
I was in the wrong.”
So he was in the right.

-by Eleanor Farjeon

Which line in this poem shows that the brother and the author came to a truce?